Philadelphia Voters Will Consider Overhauling Police Oversight After the Fatal Shooting of Walter Wallace
Demonstrators protest the death of Walter Wallace Jr.The Washington Post/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.On Monday afternoon, nearly an hour into a virtual public hearing on how Philadelphia should oversee its police department, the Reverend Mark Kelly Tyler jumped into the video meeting, turning…
Friday Cat Blogging – 30 October 2020
Smart, Fearless Journalism Politics Environment Crime and Justice Food Media Investigations Photos Magazine Podcasts Mother Jones’ union co-chair Patrick Caldwell connects the dots: Facebook’s decision to throttle our content cost Mother Jones at least $400,000—the same amount we had to cut from our payroll this year. Please read his post, and if you can, chip…
Why Kamala Harris Is Visiting a Part of Texas Candidates Often Ignore
Paul Kitagaki Jr./ZUMA Wire For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.Joaquin Castro called it on Sunday. “If there’s one place in Texas” that Joe Biden should visit in the campaign’s final days, the San Antonio Democratic congressman tweeted, “it’s the Rio Grande Valley.” If…
3 Songs to Celebrate Clifford Brown’s 90th Birthday
Trumpeter Clifford Brown and saxophonist Lou Donaldson in 1955Metronome/Getty For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.It’s hard to believe that Clifford Brown lived just 25 years. In his short run, he remade American music more times, and more lastingly, than almost all trumpeters of…
It’s a Scary Time Nationally for Abortion Rights. Activists Hope Tuesday Brings Big Local Victories.
Demonstrators participate in a rally for Planned Parenthood at the Capitol in Austin, Texas, in April 2017. Jay Janner/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.If you support access to abortion, you’re probably pretty freaked out about Amy Coney Barrett joining the nation’s highest…
Trump Gutted Post-2008 Financial Safeguards. Can We Avert Another Crash?
Evan Vucci/AP For indispensable reporting on the coronavirus crisis, the election, and more, subscribe to the Mother Jones Daily newsletter.A year into his presidency, Donald Trump stood in the Roosevelt Room of the White House next to towering stacks of white paper wrapped in a bright red ribbon. Flanked by Cabinet members, he explained that…